Archive: 1, 2018
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Extraordinary Floral Displays Celebrate Extraordinary Australians
Amid heady scents of the Australian bush and with just over 24 hours to go before the first of the May Investiture ceremonies, our florists are arm-deep amid arrangements and flowers and foliage of every hue and colour as they orchestrate a floral ode to autumn at Government House. more »
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150 Years on – The Story of Australia’s First Attempted Political Assassination
1st May 1868 - Letter from The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Secretary of State for the Colonies [1], acknowledging receipt of the Telegrams from the Earl of Belmore – 13th Governor of New South Wales – informing of the attempted assassination of His Royal Highness, Prince Alfred KG, Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney more »